How does SAP translate an amount of foreign currency into local currency? Which entries of the TCUR* tables are involved?
First of all, the system determines the exchange rate and factors as described in secion I.1. In the simplest instance, the system multiplies or divides (for directly or indirectly quoted exchange rates, respectively) the foreign currency amount by this exchange rate, and then multiplies or divides the result by the order of magnitude determined by the factors. The system updates the exchange rate calculated according to section I.1 in the document for exchange rate types, but uses an exchange rate that is accurate to eleven rather than five decimal places. A special case occurs among exchange rate types with reference currency if you set the Euro indicator (TCURV-XEURO). In this case, the system calculates a direct exchange rate, but it uses the exchange rates determined in TCURR for conversion to the reference currency. The foreign currency is converted to within three decimal places, as described in the specifications for the European Monetary Union (refer to Note 91481), into the r
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